Awe~ man, I was outbid. v_v Way too expensive for me.
But tang, thanks for those pics! You rock!!
Awe~ man, I was outbid. v_v Way too expensive for me.
But tang, thanks for those pics! You rock!!
My Vivi P.O.P. doesn't have a problem with leaning forward, so I think it might just be yours, tang. I agree with you on her diaphanous cloak-y thing, though. It's very cheap looking and ill fitting, and the overall detail on the figure isn't as good as everyone else's. But my biggest issue is with her skirt. For some weird reason, Vivi looks like she's wearing bike shorts under her skirt or something. Her legs from the waist down are dark to her mid thighs, where they start to look more flesh coloured. You can actually see what I'm talking about in tang's last picture, which is a close up of the detail on her waist. It's been driving me nuts ever since I first noticed it, which was when I first took it out of the box to display it because it's just that obvious, and now I can't even look at the figure without thinking about how weird that looks. I also think that she has a really boring, really generic looking pose.
The one good thing I will say about Vivi's P.O.P. is that she's got lovely hair. The colour could be a bit better, but the skulpt is nice.
Yeah, from pictures the Vivi P.O.P. looks really bad. It looks like a DX figure or something, not a P.O.P.
I actually really, really like all of the DX figures, save for Sanji and even he's not that bad; I just don't think that he's as good as the others. The DX Luffy figure is really cute and fun, and even though I do think that his P.O.P. is superior, I will admit that P.O.P. Luffy has some insane toes. I actually like DX Nami's face and skupt better than either of her two P.O.P. figures, though I will admit that the skirt detail on Nami v.2 is nothing short of pure awesome, and I think that the DX Robin figure is absolutely gorgeous. If only it were P.O.P. sized…
Conversely, the Smoker PoP is freakin' awesome and is definitely among my favourite of the collections.
Hell yeah! Not only that, but he's so heavy. I feel like I could beat someone to death with the Smoker figure, that's how sturdy and hefty he is. The only other P.O.P. figure that feels that hefty is Ace, which is strangely fitting, all things considering. :happy:
~ jj ~
I actually really, really like all of the DX figures, save for Sanji and even he's not that bad; I just don't think that he's as good as the others. The DX Luffy figure is really cute and fun, and even though I do think that his P.O.P. is superior, I will admit that P.O.P. Luffy has some insane toes. I actually like DX Nami's face and skupt better than either of her two P.O.P. figures, though I will admit that the skirt detail on Nami v.2 is nothing short of pure awesome, and I think that the DX Robin figure is absolutely gorgeous. If only it were P.O.P. sized…
How long do you think the DX figures will be around for? I'm always thinking that I ought to get them asap before people start to drive up the prices.
I haven't even gotten a DX figure yet, and everything's getting sold out. They do look nice, it's just that I have been only collecting P.O.P.s! I'm just worried that as time passes, they're going to be much harder to obtain.
Aha! That passage you quoted from he has a typo in it!
JJ <– lame.
How long do you think the DX figures will be around for? I'm always thinking that I ought to get them asap before people start to drive up the prices.
I honestly don't know. I've seen some places that have been selling them for somewhat close to their original prices, $15-$20 each, American, but I've seen other places try to sell them for more than double or even triple that amount. This is particularly true for the Nami DX, which from what I've seen isn't nearly as common as the Luffy DX even though they're part of the same set.
Overall I think that a lot of it depends on where you're buying them from, though I am pretty sure that they're discontinued items now. So what's out there is all that's left, otherwise retailers like HLJ could reorder them to keep them in stock. I would actually avoid eBay though in favour of trying to find them from a retailer, because the ones on eBay tend to be more expensive than the few that are left in stock from some other source.
I'm just worried that as time passes, they're going to be much harder to obtain.
Judging from personal experience, which you've probably got a fair amount of as well, I do think that they'll get more and more pricier as time goes on. It's still hard to say at this moment just how extreme the price drive will be because if you know where to look, you can still find them for a decent – that is, not arse-gouging – price online.
KaizokuFan22, a clear file like the one you linked to is usually a kind of transparent file folder with a design on the front.
~ jj ~
damn, lost out on a Vivi POP today, oh well probably for the best lol.. Tho I did order Nami DX the other day.
Anywho, as for the rise in prices concerning the DX figures, I must admit I am starting to see it. Both male figures are selling for about £20 ($40) where as the Girls are selling for about £15 ($30) at christmas the girls were about £7 ($15) and the boys were about £10-£15 ($20-$30) so yea, does look like they are gonna go up…makes me wonder whether I should bother with Sanji and Luffy....
How long do you think the DX figures will be around for? I'm always thinking that I ought to get them asap before people start to drive up the prices.
I haven't even gotten a DX figure yet, and everything's getting sold out. They do look nice, it's just that I have been only collecting P.O.P.s! I'm just worried that as time passes, they're going to be much harder to obtain.
Luffy is only 16 dollars at the site link I posted
But my biggest issue is with her skirt. For some weird reason, Vivi looks like she's wearing bike shorts under her skirt or something. Her legs from the waist down are dark to her mid thighs, where they start to look more flesh coloured. You can actually see what I'm talking about in tang's last picture, which is a close up of the detail on her waist. It's been driving me nuts ever since I first noticed it, which was when I first took it out of the box to display it because it's just that obvious, and now I can't even look at the figure without thinking about how weird that looks.
I say it was so she wont show a lot of skin. Which doesn't make much sense mind, hell, Nami v.2 skirt comes off.
Aha! That passage you quoted from he has a typo in it!
JJ <– lame.
I honestly don't know. I've seen some places that have been selling them for somewhat close to their original prices, $15-$20 each, American, but I've seen other places try to sell them for more than double or even triple that amount. This is particularly true for the Nami DX, which from what I've seen isn't nearly as common as the Luffy DX even though they're part of the same set.
Overall I think that a lot of it depends on where you're buying them from, though I am pretty sure that they're discontinued items now. So what's out there is all that's left, otherwise retailers like HLJ could reorder them to keep them in stock. I would actually avoid eBay though in favour of trying to find them from a retailer, because the ones on eBay tend to be more expensive than the few that are left in stock from some other source.
Judging from personal experience, which you've probably got a fair amount of as well, I do think that they'll get more and more pricier as time goes on. It's still hard to say at this moment just how extreme the price drive will be because if you know where to look, you can still find them for a decent – that is, not arse-gouging – price online.
KaizokuFan22, a clear file like the one you linked to is usually a kind of transparent file folder with a design on the front.
~ jj ~
Ty. Also I plan to collect the figures starting with DX Luffy ,Nami,P.O.P bellemere,Smoker and Tashigi…then try to find the rest of the figures If I find any..they are going on display with the rest of my OP collection :D
Well, I usually pride myself in not making totally wacky impulse purchases, but I just had to get this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:B:BCA:US:11&Item=160085913936
Shiny.
So you are the one who outbidded me on that!!!
They seem to have more, so let me know if it comes and how nice it is.
sometihng weird happened with my order. In ym EMail about the shipment it states Expected ship Out is 3/18 but on 3/3 I got a email saying the books were shipped. Where is YesAsia ship thier items from and how long will it take for the items to arrive
(sorry if i seem to be such a bother..i could track the items but the track code does not work)
As another note, a while back I asked if anyone could give me the ISBN's for the One Piece Log books, and I was given a link to buy them online. Unfortunately, the store that was linked doesn't have all of them in stock and they don't know when they'll get what they're missing in. Also, some of the product IDs that are listed aren't long enough to be ISBNs and they're missing a listing for the third Log book entirely. The local Japanese book store that I go to can only competently order something if they have full 10 or 13 code ISBNs, so it looks like I'm back to square one in trying to get all of the Logs.
If anyone can help me with this, specifically tang or anyone else who actually has the Logs, it will be much appreciated.
First Log- 4910299380454
Second Log- 4910299371155
Third Log- 4910299361255
Fourth Log- 4910299370165
Fifth Log- 4910299390262
Sixth Log- 4910299360364
Seventh Log- 4910299380560
Okay, those should be right, I copied 'em off the back of mine. ^^
Well it may not be figures, posters, keychains or anything like it but since I´m a collector of OP Media I just that mangas and DVD´s fit in here aswell. Here´s what I have so far:
The original tankos, plus Wanted
The Logs
The Color Walks
The original anime DVDs
Video Games
All the german versions of the manga plus german Red, Blue and Wanted
Still a large way to go for a complete collection.
Murasaki, thanks for those! Unfortunately the Logs seem to be out of print so I can no longer order them from my retailer, but I have a friend who's currently in Japan who was willing to hit up the Mandarake for me. I'll email him those ISBN numbers to make them easier to find, so thanks again!
Ivotas, neat! You've got a lot of the original DVDs, which I could never convince myself to buy because they were way expensive. I'm so lame, I actually rented the VHS tapes from the Japanese rental store and copied them like a loser to get my One Piece anime fix, but I quit not long after the Arlong arc because I was starting to run out of extra blank tapes. For the record, I totally don't consider those tapes to be part of my "collection" because they're copied and they suck.
~ jj ~
you only get 2-3 epsiodes right on each DVD?
If the ones in the photo are in order than there has to be a lot more than 3 episodes on each.
WIerd this has garp,dragon,whitebeard..what is it? I never seen this book before?
Well it's a 10th Anniversery Book. I'll maybe get this one since it has most of the pics I like haha.
Is that 10th anniversary book official? I already have the calender/poster from an issue of Weekly Jump, but the art inside is nice.
What i like to know is if you can but somewhere else instead of Ebay
If you are interested in that image, here: http://apforums.net/showthread.php?t=10779
If the ones in the photo are in order than there has to be a lot more than 3 episodes on each.
but on ues asia I seen them go
Season1 disc 1 45 dollars
Season 1 disc 2 45
and so on…. each season is sold into seperated iscs from what I read
Ivotas, neat! You've got a lot of the original DVDs, which I could never convince myself to buy because they were way expensive. I'm so lame, I actually rented the VHS tapes from the Japanese rental store and copied them like a loser to get my One Piece anime fix, but I quit not long after the Arlong arc because I was starting to run out of extra blank tapes. For the record, I totally don't consider those tapes to be part of my "collection" because they're copied and they suck.
I know exactly what you mean. A couple of years ago, I was recording my favorite 80´s cartoon series on video tape when they were re-airing it again. But somehow I never considered it a worthy part of my collection. Maybe one day I´ll buy the complete DVD collection of it…when I´m through with One Piece.
you only get 2-3 epsiodes right on each DVD?
It depends on the DVD actually. Normally, it was between 4 and 3 episodes in the beginning. But some of the Skypiea DVDs (which I don´t have so far) even got just 2 eps on them. The DVDs I have contain the following episodes:
Season 1, Piece 1: Episodes 1 - 4
S 1, P 2: Eps 5 - 8
S 1, P 3: Eps 9 - 12
S 1, P 4: Eps 13 - 16
S 1, P 5: Eps 17 - 20
S 1, P 6: Eps 21 - 24
S 1, P 7: Eps 25 - 28
S 1, P 8: Eps 29 - 32
S 1, P 9: Eps 33 - 36
S 1, P 10: Eps 37 - 40
S 2, P 2: Eps 65 - 67
That it, still a large way to go for me to complete my stuff. With the current development of the anime though I really ask myself if I want to have a complete collection if it means that I have to buy crap as episodes 279 - 283. Well I can at least buy up to them and decide afterwards.
they need to do boxsets 45 dollars for that many episodes on 1 disc is still too much
Yeah, it´s pretty expensive. That´s why I can´t go around purchasing them as easily as tankos. And to think how much it would cost me to get ALL DVDs shudder
They really need to change things. They can´t earn that much with them that it pays off.
With the popularity of One Piece in Japan, don't think they can't.
I posted osme links but did not show up so I am reposting them again
The first is a 4kids product, I bought it before the merchandise flopped.
NO ONE BUY THE SECOND ONE. They are crappy piece of shit bootleg P.O.P.s, if you can't tell that from the image then…well...cough
Just ordered the 4 DX figures. The shipping killed me, since I live in Canada… 18.00 USD vs 2.99 USD, what a difference!!
And to make matters worse, I'm expecting the payment to come back in the mail on monday (I sent it off yesterday) because last night, I realized the stamps on the envelope equalled 92 cents, not 93. Found a stray 1 cent stamp in my bag. Gee!!
YAY!!!! I got Vol 39-44
4 of them have the TV advertisement on the bottom but 1has a ad for Movie 8 on 39
YAY!!!! I got Vol 39-44
4 of them have the TV advertisement on the bottom but 1has a ad for Movie 8 on 39
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u23/AnimeFan2324/DSCI0096.jpg
Wow, that was fast. When did you order them? (assuming you went to yesasia.com)
In any case, that sure beats the 2 months it took to ship mine.
Wow, that was fast. When did you order them? (assuming you went to yesasia.com)
In any case, that sure beats the 2 months it took to ship mine.
they were shipped out the 2nd and just arrived today so 8 days
I posted osme links but did not show up so I am reposting them again
Umasked sogeking
http://cgi.ebay.com/ONE-PIECE-Styling-3-SECRET-Soge-King-Unmasked-Chopper_W0QQitemZ260095138493QQcategoryZ73576QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260095138493[/quote[/URL]]So wait…Is the mask and cape removable or is it a different figure? Because I always thought that they were not removable.
So wait…Is the mask and cape removable or is it a different figure? Because I always thought that they were not removable.
The mask and cape isn't removable. Sogeking is the original figure, while the unmasked version is a "secret" figure.
^ I heard, you have to BUY the Luffy figure to get the mask. A friend of mine bought the Sogeking one and was PISSED that it didn't come with the mask!XDD
um no, you get the Sogeking figure WITH the mask already on, no mask in the Luffy one.
I heard, you have to BUY the Luffy figure to get the mask. A friend of mine bought the Sogeking one and was PISSED that it didn't come with the mask!
um no, you get the Sogeking figure WITH the mask already on, no mask in the Luffy one.
Local-chan is right; there is no Sogeking mask in the Luffy figure. What happend is that your friend got the 'rare' alternate unmasked Usopp figure, which is sometimes 'hidden' in the Sogeking boxes in place of the masked Sogeking figure. Both versions of the figure come in the same box, which features the masked Sogeking figure as Sogeking is the 'standard' version of the figure.
The same thing can apply to Nami; the standard Nami figure is completely painted, while the 'rare' version of the Nami figure has completely white, unpainted clothing. But both versions of that figure come packaged in the same box.
Rare, alternate and/or secret figures are actually pretty common with gashapon sets in general. Typically, if you buy an entire box worth of gashapon you'll get the complete set plus maybe a few doubles and the 'secret' figure(s), if there are any. Also, as far as I know the third and most recent set of Feeling Figures was the only one that had any 'secret' figures…though I may be mistaken about that.
~ jj ~
Also, as far as I know the third and most recent set of Feeling Figures was the only one that had any 'secret' figures…though I may be mistaken about that.
~ jj ~
I'm pretty sure I read that there was a rare Nami in series 1 too.
The pure white Nami has to be one of the worst "secret" figures. I mean, it looks a hella a lot better with the details, at least the Sogeking one had a purpose and it was cool.
^ I actually prefer the all white version as i hate the look of the stripes on the normal version.
I'm pretty sure I read that there was a rare Nami in series 1 too.
I think there was an alternate Nami in the second series too. I'l see if i can find some pics later
EDIT: Ok so no pics, but there is info about the secret here : http://http://www.gashaponrakuen.com/collections331.htm
@CloudV3:
^ I actually prefer the all white version as i hate the look of the stripes on the normal version.
I knew someone was gonna say they liked it.
In my opinion, all white doesn't suit Nami. White supposedly symbolizes purity…I love Nami to death, but she isn't pure.
spinning characters
http://cgi.ebay.com/One-Piece-Japan-Spinning-Figure-LUFFY-VIVI-KURO-3-SET_W0QQitemZ330097212033QQcategoryZ73576QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Another Art book
http://cgi.ebay.com/One-Piece-Japan-Anime-Manga-illustration-ART-BOOK_W0QQitemZ160094786574QQcategoryZ1345QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
On the subject of all white Nami, I'm with Buuhan1; I much prefer the standard coloured version over the all white secret version. But I think that the all white version was made to be customizable, not that I'd ever dream to paint it or whatever, even if I had one. Which I don't, because I don't particularly care for it.
As for the 10th Anniversary art book, I'll probably be picking that up in a few weeks along with the third Color Walk and whatever else I can find. It all depends, really.
And now for something completely different…does anyone know when the release date is for the One Piece Unlimited Adventure costume figures? I won't be getting the game, but those figures look super swish. From what I've seen of them Robin looks particularly awesome, and Chopper is, as always, freaking adorable.
~ jj ~
Unlimited Adventure figures? That's news to me.
There gonna make figuers of Unlimted Adventure? no wai =O GOnna get Robin and Zoro's <3 Well if its true.
Unlimited Adventure figures? That's news to me.
It was to me as well, until only recently.
There gonna make figuers of Unlimted Adventure? no wai
Totally wai!
!
Seeing is believing, yes? This image was snagged from the movie eight programme guide that Crossbones posted over on K-F, so I'm sure that the existence or soon-to-be existance of these figures is not just a clever hoax or a rumour. They look awesome.
Local-chan, look at the Robin figure! You know you want its loveliness.
~ jj ~
If these are real I want the Zoro,Sanji,Ussop and chopper figures
But there's no Franky figure?
Damn, another Robin figure to add to the list XD and I thought I had pretty much all of them by now XD It WILL BE MINE! Although that series does look sexy in general.
Oh, and for anyone whom is interested, my Nami DX figure came in the mail today.